Supervisory Research Animal Scientist/research - West Lafayette, United States - US Agricultural Research Service

US Agricultural Research Service

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West Lafayette, United States

8 hours ago

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Mark Lane

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Description

Duties:

Exploring measures that identify positive and negative states of welfare related to behavior, physiological response, neurological function, immune status, physical and mental health, and productivity in foodproducing animals.
Providing the scientific information required to accurately assess farm animal welfare and reduce animal stress, using the measures from the six disciplines listed above.
Determining how to balance the welfare needs of livestock with the needs of livestock producers.
Developing innovative solutions that will allow for both optimum animal welfare and animal production.
Supervisory duties include:
Providing vision, establishing and maintaining an advisory stakeholder base and developing research programs to address stakeholder priorities.
Exercising leadership and supervising personnel assigned to the unit.
Maximizing the creativity and productivity of the unit.
Hiring personnel and managing the human, fiscal and physical resources assigned to the unit.
Serving as the Unit fund holder.
Providing technical information and consultation both internal and external to Agricultural Research Service.
Ensuring the proper interpretation and reporting of scientific research results.

Requirements:

Conditions of Employment:

You must be a US Citizen or US National.
Males born after 12/31/1959 must be Selective Service registered or exempt.
Subject to oneyear supervisory/managerial probationary period unless prior service is creditable. New USDA supervisors must successfully complete all components of the required training program before the end of their probationary period.
Direct Deposit: Per Public Law all Federal employees are required to have federal payments made by direct deposit to their financial institution.
Successful completion of a three year probationary period.
A valid U.S. motor vehicle driver's license is required to travel to local field sites.
Confidential financial disclosure required.

Qualifications:

Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including specialized experience and/or education, as defined below.

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BASIC QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

Requirements for Animal Science Series, 0487:

Degree:

animal science, dairy science, poultry science; or a related discipline or field of animal science that included at least 30 semester hours in the basic biological and agricultural sciences, and 20 semester hours in animal science.

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Requirements for Physiology Series, 0413:

Degree:
in one of the basic animal sciences or physiology; or a related discipline or field of science that included at least 24 semester hours in the basic animal sciences, of which 10 semester hours were in animal physiology

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

Applicants must meet the basic requirements for one of the series shown above as well as the specialized experience requirements shown below to qualify for the GS-14 or GS-15 grade levels.

Specialized Experience: Specialized experience is experience directly related to the position to be filled. Specialized experience must be described for each grade level advertised.

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GS-14: Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience (defined below) equivalent to at least the GS-13 grade level in the Federal Service.

Planning and conducting independent research related to the development of sustainable methods to optimize animal welfare; AND
Publishing related research results as primary author in peerreviewed scientific journals; AND
Being invited to present research findings at scientific conferences, either in person or virtually; AND
Managing human, fiscal and physical resources to accomplish research goals; AND
Working with stakeholders to enhance research efforts and/or successfully obtaining external funding to expand existing programs.

GS-15: Applicants must have 1 year of specialized experience (defined below) equivalent to at least the GS-14 grade level in the Federal Service.

Leading a multidisciplinary team conducting research related to the development of sustainable methods to optimize animal welfare; AND
Publishing related research results as primary author in peerreviewed scientific journals; AND
Being invited to present research findings at scientific conferences, either in person or virtually; AND
Managing human, fiscal, and physical resources to accomplish research goals; AND
Transferring one or more developed animal welfare technologies or concepts to production, AND
Working with stakeholders to enhance research efforts and/or successfully obtaining external funding to expand existing programs.
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